The tainted Pakistani trio of captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir have been dropped from the series against England after news broke in the British media that they might have been at the centre of a 150,000-pound betting scam with London-based agent Mazhar Majeed.
Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed said the Pakistan Cricket Board has been asked to provide alternate players for the one-day series.
Yawar Saeed said on Thursday that the three have not been suspended but they will not play in the remainder of the tour.
Saeed said that 13 players will be available for the two Twenty20 matches before three replacements arrive to bolster the squad for the five-match one-day series.
"The T20 squad will remain what it is here this morning, i.e. 13 people," Saeed said. "When we play the one-day internationals, we will be asking for replacements to make the squad up to 16."
Saeed, who had earlier said the trio would continue playing unless police laid criminal charges against them, did not say who the replacements would be.
Asif, Amir and Butt were at the Pakistan High Commission on Thursday for questioning by a Pakistan Cricket Board investigation.
British newspaper 'News of the World' alleged Sunday that Amir and Asif were paid to deliberately bowl no-balls in the opening day of the fourth test against England at Lord's last week.
Butt and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal were also implicated in the story.
Asif, Amir and Butt had their mobile phones confiscated by police, who also searched hotel rooms and questioned players on Saturday as part of an investigation also involving the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.
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